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Church on the Hill
Powerfully evocative late-Gothic church is situated high atop School Hill (420m) and is well worth the hike up here to see the restored interior, with remains of frescoes dating back to the 15th century. The period altarpiece dates from 1520. Entry is via a covered wooden stairway
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Council Tower
The centre of the old walled city, the expansive Piaţa Mare is a good start for exploring Sibiu. Climb to the top of the former Council Tower, which links Piaţa Mare with its smaller sister square, Piaţa Mică. Clock clanks inside the white tower add to the views. It was originally
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Mihai Eminescu Museum of Literature
This museum documents the writings, life and loves of Eminescu (1850–89), Romania’s favourite writer and poet. The great love of the married poet, Veronica Micle, was married also. They each outlived their spouses but never married due to Eminescu’s deteriorating health. The busts
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Brukenthal Museum
The most important art museum in this part of the country features separate galleries dedicated to European (1st floor) and Romanian (2nd floor) art. The European collection is heavy on Dutch and German painters, and features at least one masterpiece: Pieter Brueghel the Youngers T
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Bal Shem Tov Wooden Synagogue
Just north of the Princely Court, this 1766 synagogue was built over the foundations of a 1490 predecessor. The tiny interior is decorated with Jewish artefacts, restored frescoes and paintings. If closed, walk 20m down the alley and around the corner to Str Petru Rareş 7 and inqui
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Patriarchal Cathedral
From the centre of Piaţa Unirii, look southwest to the Patriarchal Cathedral, the centre of Romanian Orthodox faith, built between 1656 and 1658. It triumphantly peeks over once-grand housing blocks on B-dul Unirii designed to hide Bucharests churches. One such fatality is the Anti
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National History Museum
Houses an excellent collection of maps, statues and ancient jewels and is particularly strong on the countrys ties to ancient Rome, including a replica of the 2nd-century Trajan’s Column. Our favourite piece, though, is not inside the museum at all, but rather on the steps outside:
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Weavers’ Bastion Museum
On the city walls southeast corner, past the Schei Gate (Poatra Schei; 1825), is the 16th-century Weavers Bastion (Bastionul Ţesătorilor). Visit the Weavers Bastion Museum, housed in Braşovs only 15th-century building. The simple exhibits - in German and Romanian only - include a f
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Nicolae Grigorescu Museum
This small museum and memorial is dedicated to the countrys most famous artist, Nicolae Grigorescu (1838-1907). Grigorescu studied in Paris with Pierre Auguste Renoir and much of his mature work revolved around landscapes and peasant life, though his depictions of battles and priso
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Athénée Palace
Just to the north of the National Art Museum is the Athénée Palace, so evocatively captured in its post-revolutionary, prostitute-teeming state by Robert Kaplan in his book Balkan Ghosts . Designed to outdo Paris in 1918, the hotel later served as a hotbed for Romanias KGB, the Sec
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Hungarian Reformed Church
A couple of blocks east, on Str Mihail Kogălniceanu, is a Hungarian Reformed Church built by the king of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus, in 1486. The statue of St George slaying the dragon in front of the church is a replica of the 14th-century original, carved by the Hungarian Kolozsv
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Museum of 17th
Inside the Church of the Three Hierarchs are the marble tombs of Prince Vasile Lupu (natch) and his family (to the left), Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza (to the right), and Moldavian prince Dimitrie Cantemir. The adjacent Gothic hall is a Museum of 17th-century frescoes. In 1994 the ch
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St Sava’s Monastery
At Str Armeanăs southern end, this 16th-century church was built on earlier foundations – records attest a wooden church consecrated here by a Byzantine bishop in 1330. Over ensuing centuries, it was refurbished by various princes (like the great Petru Rareş in 1534). With its two
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Stephen’s Tower
Looming above Piaţa Libertăţii is Stephen’s Tower (Turnul Ştefan). The 15th-century Gothic-style tower was originally topped with a bell, which was replaced by a mechanical clock in 1628. There’s a noticeboard beside the tower with some descriptive information about the tragic fate
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Natural History Museum
South of Piaţa Mare, Str Cetăţii lines a section of the old city walls, constructed during the 16th century. As in Braşov, different guilds protected each of the 39 towers. Walk north up Str Cetăţii past a couple - the Potters Tower (Turnul Olarilor) and Carpenters Tower (Turnul Du
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National History Museum of Transylvania
The National History Museum of Transylvania, which dates from 1859, was still closed at research time, with no set reopening date. In these halls you will eventually again see a mummy from Egypt, lots of Roman pieces, ghoulish remains of three humans from the area’s first tombs (t
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Bellu Cemetery
Bellu Cemetery is the city’s most prestigious burial ground and houses the tombs of many notable Romanian writers. A map inside the gate points out locations. Many Romanians pay their respects to national poet Mihai Eminescu (1850–89) and comic playwright and humorist Ion Luca Cara
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National Museum of Contemporary Art
The Palace of Parliament houses a superb art gallery that displays temporary, ever-changing exhibitions of eclectic installations and video art. There’s also a top-floor, open-air cafe. The entry is from the southwestern side of the building (opposite from the Palace of Parliament
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Fabrica de Pensule
Cluj takes contemporary art seriously and the centre of the action is Fabrica de Pensule, a rehabbed former paintbrush factory on the outskirts of town (4km east of Piaţa Unirii). The factory house six art galleries, including renowned painter Adrian Ghenies Plan B. There are stage
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Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania
Freshly renovated, the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania has two floors of well-presented displays featuring tools, weapons, hand crafts, toys and household items with detailed descriptions in English. It also runs the open-air Ethnographic Museum (9am to 5pm Tuesday to Sunday, c
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